Should we take the same approach to our health that Ryanair takes with our air travel?
A new medical venture in India is reinventing the way a cash-strapped economy can deal with healthcare.
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Posted in: Health Daily
Posted in: Health Daily
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A new medical venture in India is reinventing the way a cash-strapped economy can deal with healthcare.
Last week (28 March 2013) Minister for Health, James Reilly launched Healthy Ireland: A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing. As the most significant health policy launch since this Government came to power, it is perhaps worthy of some more detailed analysis.
The government has launched its latest health initiative entitled Healthy Ireland, a new policy set to improve the health of Ireland’s citizens and increase life expectancy.
On Wednesday evening, John Crown raised an issue in the Seanad that was picked up by mainstream media yesterday – the cut in Irish Patients’ Association core funding by the HSE.
Having worked in public affairs for the last decade, this development wasn’t all that surprising. Ireland’s NGO sector has burgeoned to the point that there are over 20,000 charities in operation.
Led by Kathleen Lynch, Minster of State at the Department of Health (with special responsibility for older people, mental health and disability) new guidelines for mental health and suicide prevention for post-primary schools were launched last week.**
Celebrities nationwide are joining forces to encourage the Irish public to “Break the Cycle” and heighten awareness of suicide within the Emerald Isle. Through an emotive video, familiar faces (including model Roz Purcell and rugby analyst Brent Pope) hearten viewers to take part in the upcoming Cycle Against Suicide. Continue Reading →
A new focus required for effective stakeholder engagement
Patient View Quarterly this week released new research on stakeholder engagement based 600 international, national and regional patient groups from 56 countries (72% of 2012 responses came from patient organisations in the EU giving a very definite European flavour to the work).
A new way of thinking
Alcohol awareness campaigners are considering a new approach to tackling the so-called ‘binge drinking issue’ among young people. The traditional campaigns focusing on key messages around associated liver, heart, and general health risks appear to be on the verge of falling out of favour with some (for the meantime at least). Continue Reading →
With the dreaded Budget 2013 now only hours away, we consider the likely impact of Government cuts to the health spend for 2013.
Budget 2013
Over the last number of days, the Government have been frantically finalising the particulars of the forthcoming Budget 2013. We are told that while the Trokia (EU, IMF, and ECB) have dictated the overall scale of the measures, it is believed that the coalition parties have made most of the choices, in terms of “where” and “how” to cut. However, despite the spin, the impotence of our Government is all too clear. Continue Reading →
Despite a push for equality, people impacted by mental illness are still victims of discrimination.
A 140 year old act imposed under British rule is still in existence despite outcries over its discriminatory nature.
Signed into law by Queen Victoria and under the Government of William Gladstone, the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act of 1871 defines people of ill mental health as an ‘idiot, lunatic or of unsound mind’.
Accessing our GP
Is choosing a GP based on the proximity of their surgery to your home or work place, personal previous experience, or the experience of family or friends a thing of the past? Are we now taking the “word of mouth” tool to a new level through the ever-increasing use of “doctor-rating websites”? The British Medical Journal (BMJ) Open has recently published results of a study on this very topic, entitled “Who is more likely to use doctor-rating websites, and why? A cross-sectional study in London”. Continue Reading →
Another overly sensational story?
Is this merely another overly sensational story? Well, not according to the recently published 2010/2011 National Advisory Committee in Drugs (NACD) survey . In addition to revealing that the use of sedatives and anti-depressants has increased by 40 per cent in the last five years, the survey shows that the “main offenders” come from both extremes of the social divide. Those classified under the survey as A, i.e. professional, senior management and top civil servants, provided 18 per cent of the sample, while those classified under the survey as E, i.e. all those dependent on the State long-term, provided a further 19 per cent of the total sample. Continue Reading →
